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ANKARA
NEWS: Two Turkish Cities Are Finalists for 'European Capital of Democracy'
Ankara and Denizli Join Brussels and Tirana on Short List
ADDIS ABABA
NEWSLETTER: The Planetocracy Is Coming, So Wear Your White Hats
Also: Impact Investing Against Democracy; Sub-Saharan Local Covenant; Cat-Mayor-Martyr
How Museums Become Catalysts For Active Citizenship
The world is in the throes of a terrible refugee crisis, and we are in the middle of a national immigration...
Taiwan
Promising Taiwan – a direct democracy in the making?
THE TAIWANESE NEED TO DECIDE IF THEIR GOVERNMENT CAN FUNCTION AS BEAUTIFULLY AS THEIR CIVIL SOCIETY – AND IF...
Tunisia
A Nobel Peace Prize for Modern Direct Democracy
Here in Tunisia, we received the news of the Nobel Peace Prize with great joy and emotion, writes Lassaad El...
European Union
The Direct Democratic Struggle About Free Trade
How to reconcile people power with trade politics? This question is about to be answered by modern direct...
Global
From East Asia with Democracy
Seoul, the Capital of South Korea, is a very big city. But when it comes to people power, many small steps...
Australia
From the Magna Carta to the European Citizen´ Initiative
800 years ago, on June 15, King John of England signed the famous contract on power sharing and the rule of...
Greece
The Greek short-cut referendum drama
With a popular vote on the complex bailout terms coming up this weekend, Europe and the world once again has...
Luxembourg
Cumbersome way forward to modern eligibility
It was a shortcut to extending voting rights for foreigners and young people. But the (already eligible)...
Tunisia
"Citizens are not a problem; they are part of the solution"
Tunisia is the first Arab country to implement participatory budgeting. In this conversation Bedis Bouziri...
Ireland
After the Super-Vote: Ireland, twelve points!
Hundreds of millions of citizens worldwide have been voting last weekend. While the ballot experiences as...